Bill Text: TX HB87 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered by certified mail or electronic mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB87 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB87-Introduced.html
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By: Bell | H.B. No. 87 |
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relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice | ||
of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered | ||
by certified mail or electronic mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1.085, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (m) to read as follows: | ||
(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a | ||
property owner need not enter into an agreement under this section | ||
to be entitled to electronic delivery of a notice of a protest | ||
hearing under Section 41.46. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 41.46, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The appraisal review board shall deliver notice of the | ||
hearing by certified mail if, in the notice of protest under Section | ||
41.44, the property owner requests delivery by certified mail. The | ||
board may require the property owner to pay the cost of postage | ||
under this subsection. | ||
(e) Notwithstanding Section 1.085, the appraisal review | ||
board shall deliver notice of the hearing by electronic mail if, in | ||
the notice of protest under Section 41.44, the property owner | ||
requests delivery by electronic mail and provides a valid | ||
electronic mail address. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |